Low air pressure and relative cold front. This climate is expected to hit Europe and the Czech Republic in the coming days. According to Bloomberg, temperatures will drop well below long-term averages. The first cold wave, according to Bloomberg, could falter with the decision to reduce home heating.
Night temperatures could drop by one degree Celsius in the Czech Republic next week. “Early next week, another trail of lower atmospheric pressure will affect our climate from the northwest and on Tuesday an associated cold front will cross our territory. Behind it, colder, wetter air. it will flow towards us from the northwest, “predicts the Czech Hydrometeorology Institute.
And equally low temperatures, which are below long-term averages, will also be experienced by residents of Germany, Britain and people in France and Spain. According to Bloomberg, the following week will be the first major test of European countries’ efforts to reduce gas and electricity consumption for home heating.
“In Britain, for example, the heating season hasn’t officially started yet. However, the next few days may show how much discipline people really have.” he has declared Bloomberg’s Elena Mazneva.
CHIARA: how much will families pay for energy after the government intervention
Families will pay up to tens of thousands of kroner more this year and next for energy than they are used to. It follows from the materials that the government has published. People who heat with electricity will pay more.
Compulsory survey?
Even in the countries of the European Union, efforts to save on heating are still voluntary. Families and companies have done well so far. According to data from the Energy Regulatory Office in the Czech Republic, in the first half of the year, electricity consumption fell by 3% on an annual basis and gas consumption by as much as 12%. For example, people saved the most on electricity in February, when they used nearly 6% less electricity year-over-year.
“The favorable climate has certainly influenced savings, especially on gas, which made it possible to end the heating season earlier. But other important factors are global, in particular the prices of raw materials and the war in Ukraine”, explains Kamil Rajdl. Amper Meteo analyst.
However, according to Karel Hanzelka, spokesperson for Pražská energetika, a further increase in consumption is expected before the upcoming heating season.
Dušan Janovský: The reckless diner’s dilemma, i.e. energy must be saved, not subsidized
The current situation of the energy market in Europe is reminiscent of a situation where friends pay for lunch together in a restaurant in equal parts. Anyone who orders a cheap meal is behaving irrationally, because even if he pays a lot, he does not eat well. Therefore, it is rational to order expensive food for yourself, which in the end everyone does. Likewise, even in the current energy situation in Europe, states have the opportunity to agree on savings. But they will not, because it is rational to betray their partners and subsidize the purchase of gas. In this way, everyone will subsidize gas, as a result no additional gas or electricity will be created: states will simply empty their budgets, according to programmer and analyst Dušan Janovský.
We will not cancel the gas. You need to get it from safe sources, says GasNet’s Kateřina Morrisová
The Czech Republic cannot meet today’s and future energy demand without gas, says the manager of the GasNet company. “The numbers speak for themselves. While the Czech Republic’s electricity consumption last year was less than 74 TWh, we needed about 100 TWh of gas. Such an amount of energy cannot be easily replaced. industry, companies and society as a whole need reliable and stable supplies throughout the year “, adds Kateřina Morrisová.
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